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  • Julia Roberts Discouraged “American Crime Story” Actors to Communicate With Real-Life Characters

    Julia Roberts Discouraged “American Crime Story” Actors to Communicate With Real-Life Characters

    Julia Roberts spent time getting to know the real Erin Brockovich before starring in the movie of the same name–but not until the movie was halfway through filming. When American Crime Story: The People vs O.J. Simpson director Ryan Murphy spoke with her about how the interaction benefitted her, Roberts suggested his actors follow suit.

    “I referenced Julia Roberts, who’s a friend of mine, and I asked her about it,” Murphy told reporters at the FX Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour on Saturday in California. “It was specifically Erin Brockovich. And she told me when she was doing that role, that she obviously did to great success, that she made a promise to herself that she would not meet the real Erin until she had half the movie in the can, because by then she felt that she couldn’t be swayed by in-person meetings, and she had already made her own decisions about certain ways to play things.”

    “That really stuck with me,” Murphy added. “So I told the cast that was sort of, I thought, a very good rule to have. And for the most part I believe we stayed to that.”

    So did the cast of American Crime Story: The People vs O.J. Simpson heed Julia Roberts’ advice?

    Some did, and some didn’t.

    David Schwimmer of Friends fame plays the late Robert Kardashian. He reached out to his ex-wife Kris Jenner to learn more about the man he was portraying.

    “Kris was really, really generous with her time,” he said. “It was really great to learn how much a man of faith he was and how loyal and considerate he was. He was a very humble, very private person. Not at all seeking the limelight, that was inadvertent.”

    Ryan Murphy said not everyone tied to the infamous murder case was willing to share the way Kris Jenner was with David Schwimmer.

    What’s your take on the advice Julia Roberts shared? If you remember her in Erin Brockovich, you no doubt realize she hit the nail on its proverbial head.

    American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson premieres February 2 at 10 p.m. ET on FX. Do you suppose Julia Roberts will be tuning in?

  • Erin Brockovich Warns Against Birth Control Device

    Erin Brockovich has started a new campaign to take a particular birth control device off the market, saying she’s seen and heard claims from thousands of women who say they suffered injuries after using it.

    Essure, which is known as a cheaper alternative to a full tubal ligation, consists of bendable coils which are placed in the fallopian tubes and cause scar tissue to form and prevent insemination. However, there have been reports from several women that the tubes caused bleeding, extreme abdominal pain, and even led to invasive surgeries to remove organs. One woman was admitted to the hospital with abdominal pain and eventually died from streptococcal toxic shock syndrome.

    “There’s something wrong with the device, in my opinion,” Brockovich said. “It’s a form of permanent birth control, and women’s organs are being perforated … It’s ridiculous that at any level we try to defend this. If 30 women did suffer harm for unknown reason, we’d investigate. We have thousands injured. I don’t think it’s safe.”

    Brockovich says she doesn’t stand to gain anything financially from the campaign, but is urging Bayer–the maker of Essure–to take the device off the market completely in the name of safety.

    “[Bayer] should care about the health and welfare of all people,” she said. “Especially women and children in this country. If this many are reporting injuries, take it off the market. It’s not working. These women were misled. They feel they were scammed.”